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Tuesday, 5 May 2026
13 facts about tears
13 facts about tears
Multipurpose liquid
Associated with emotions, tears are a product of lacrimal glands, found in the eyes of most terrestrial vertebrates. Although their primary function i ...

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Cosmos
The Solar System is located in the Milky Way.
Our galaxy ranks rather average, its diameter is 100 to 120 thousand light years. Perhaps a unique f ...
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Cosmos
It is difficult to estimate the approximate number of stars in space.
According to the simples calculation taking into account the number of galaxies and the average numb ...
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Deimos
The dimensions of Deimos are 15 x 12 x 10.4 km.
Due to its small size, it is not a spherical object.
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Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia has a high mortality rate.
It has the highest mortality rate of all mental disorders. Half of women with the disorder make a fu ...
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Moon
The diameter of the Moon is 3474 km, which means it is approximately 1/4 of the diameter of the Earth.
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Aurora
There are two types of auroras: northern - Aurora Borealis, and southern - Aurora Australis.
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Titan
Its surface is highly geologically diverse.
It is covered in lighter and darker areas: seas, lakes, bays, islands, rivers, canals, mountain ridges, valleys, fjords, and dunes.
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Brain
The brain generates up to 80,000 thoughts a day.
That's over 3,000 thoughts per hour.
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Fungi
In the past, mushrooms were considered a part of the plant world, a group of fungi.
It was suggested that they had a limited ability to move, their type of growth, and their morphologi ...
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Silver
It is a silvery-white metal.
Its color misled gold seekers who, finding a gold nugget combined with a silvery metal, were mistake ...
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17 facts about Titan
17 facts about Titan
The largest of Saturn’s satellites
Titan is the only moon in the Solar System with such a dense atmosphere. It is the second largest moon in the Solar System after Ganymede (Jupiter III ...
18 facts about amber
18 facts about amber
Fossilized tree resin
Amber is one of the most interesting natural products. It looks like a gemstone, but it is a fossilized tree resin from ancient trees dating back mill ...
16 facts about liver
16 facts about liver
24/7 laboratory
The liver is one of the most essential human organs. It is extensively multitasking—it produces, filtrates, converts, and stores. It is thanks to the ...
29 facts about NASA
29 facts about NASA
For the Benefit of All
The Cold War, although a grim period in world history, brought an intense rivalry in a space race between the U.S., and the Soviet Union. As a result, ...
16 facts about Aurora
16 facts about Aurora
Northern light that has delighted people for centuries
Auroras can be different. Sometimes it is bright and dancing, shimmering with different colors, sometimes it appears still. It has always fascinated p ...
19 facts about Brain
19 facts about Brain
Organic supercomputer
The brain is one of the most important and most fascinating and complex organs in the human body. It is an incredibly plastic command center that over ...
16 facts about Phobos
16 facts about Phobos
The larger of two moons of Mars
We do not know the exact origin of this satellite. We know, however, that it is dangerously close to its planet and is in for a catastrophe. It is not ...
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